New York Film Festival Opens With Two Thumbs Up
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New York Film Festival 2011: “Melancholia” Preview
By JAMES MILLER Staff Writer Published: October 4, 2011 “Melancholia” – Thursday, Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. Lars von Trier writes and directs this eerie story about the end of two worlds. The first collapse is an intangible one of a bride (a moving Kirsten Dunst) losing her mind over the course of a disastrous wedding reception. The second [...]
“25th Hour” Still Shines, “Drive’s” Gosling Switches Gears
pike Lee’s post-9/11 film is a love letter to New York when the city needs it most. In the wake of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, the film has seen restored interest with the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s decision to screen it on the anniversary of the attacks...
Three Summer Movies Everyone’s Talking About
By KATIE LOCKHART Arts & Culture Co-Editor Published: Aug. 25, 2011 “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2” It’s no surprise that the final Harry Potter movie made it on this list. Not only is it the highest grossing movie in history, but it left most grown men and women in tears. If you went on Facebook in the [...]
Tribeca Film Festival Transcends Art of Indie Filmmaking Again
Didn’t Make It Out to Tribeca This Year? Check Out What Films You Missed Here! By Mike Madden & Katie Lockhart Asst. Arts & Culture Co-Editors Published: May 5, 2011 “Lotus Eaters” Alexandra McGuinness’ first feature film “Lotus Eaters” is a poignant snapshot of decadence, deterioration and depravation that surrounds a select group of friends among the social elite of London. [...]
Rooftop Films Returns for Another Summer of Outdoor Screenings
$30 Student Pass Gets Over Fifty Nights of Screenings By Kyle Morrison Staff Writer Published: May 5, 2011 In 1997 a young Vassar graduate named Mark Rosenberg set up a 16mm projector on his rooftop in Manhattan and screened short films for some 300 strangers. The immediate result was eviction, but that night, as well as showing work by himself [...]
Tribeca Film Festival Goes to the Drive-In
Outdoor Film Screenings Mark the Opening of Renowned New York Festival By Katie Lockhart Asst. Arts and Culture Editor Published: April 20, 2011 This year’s Tribeca Film Festival opens with a drive-in, minus the cars. A series of free outdoor film screenings will kick off the famed New York City film festival. “This isn’t the first time we’ve done a [...]
Charles Burnett’s Bealeagured Films “Endure” at MoMA
Current Retrospective Features the Honored Filmmaker’s Struggles and Successes By Kyle Morrison Staff Writer Published: April 13, 2011 There was a moment of striking sincerity after the April 7 screening of “To Sleep With Anger,” one of the films featured at the Charles Burnett retrospective showing this month at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Burnett was fielding questions from [...]
“Take Me Home Tonight:” 1980s Comedy Cliché
Moviegoers Are Better Off Staying Home Tonight By Katie Lockhart Asst. Arts and Culture Editor Published: March 2, 2011 “Take Me Home Tonight,” a new comedy in theaters March 4, tries so hard to be a modern day laugh fest, like “Superbad” set in the 1980s, that with the exception of a few funny scenes, it’s hard to tell whether [...]
For the Kid in All of Us
The New York International Children’s Film Festival Returns This March By Michael O’Donnell Contributing Writer Published: March 2, 2011 On March 4, the doors of the DGA Theater will open and the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) will officially begin. As the nation’s largest festival for kids and teens, the NYICFF will present four weeks of intelligent, creative [...]
